Financial SaaS Provider Secures Client Data and Reduces TCO with HighPoint & Pure Storage
Client Summary
A leading SaaS provider to the wealth management industry needed to enhance data security and lower infrastructure costs. With customer demands for encrypted data at rest and dissatisfaction with their current co-location provider, they required a trusted partner and a scalable solution.
Challenges
The organization faced key limitations:
- Current storage lacked encryption at rest, violating client expectations and compliance needs
- Locked into a co-lo provider managing compute, storage, and networking — with poor support and inflexible contracts
- Lacked in-house expertise to manage complex storage infrastructure
- Concerned about cost and long-term commitments with suboptimal service
“HighPoint helped us find a solution that addressed not only our compliance requirements, but also our long-term operational goals. The Pure Storage platform gave us the flexibility and predictability we needed to move forward confidently.”
Solution
HighPoint conducted a consultative assessment and proposed the Pure FlashArray //X-50 series — a secure, cost-effective platform designed for operational simplicity. Key benefits included:
- Native encryption of data at rest for improved compliance and security
- 4.4:1 data efficiency, reducing overall storage footprint
- Evergreen support model with flat maintenance costs years 4–6
- Ease of management through native vCenter integration
- Proactive support with telemetry-driven case management
- 38% lower TCO over 6 years compared to alternative solutions
Impact
The customer realized major improvements:
- Met security requirements without costly infrastructure overhauls
- Gained predictable long-term costs through Evergreen support
- Reduced reliance on their co-lo provider
- Improved operational efficiency with easier management and proactive support
- Built a long-term IT roadmap with a trusted partner
Key Achievements
Data encryption at rest implemented
Simpler provisioning and operations
38% TCO reduction over 6 years
Strategic move away from a constrained co-lo model
4.4:1 data efficiency
